Christopher Plummer

Jennifer Armstrong can still recall the overwhelming gratitude she felt a decade ago after learning about St. James School — somewhat by accident — while investigating Catholic school options for her kindergarten-aged son. Still new to the area, the Highland Park mother had all but given up hope of finding a Catholic school on the North Shore with the kind of diversity she was seeking for her two biracial children. Then she happened to notice a family with very sweet and polite children in a local sushi restaurant, and surmised they were Catholic from a cross pendant one was wearing. She inquired about where the children attended school, and learned they attended St. James in...

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